Pakistan dig deep for India draw

Second Test, Calcutta (day five, stumps): India 616-5 & 184-4 v Pakistan 456 & 214-4

Anil Kumble celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Kamran Akmal

The three-match series between India and Pakistan remains alive after the tourists held out for a draw on day five of the second Test in Calcutta.

Captains Anil Kumble and Younus Khan agreed to end the match early with Pakistan on 214-4, 131 short of their victory target amid fading light.

India declared their second innings on 184-4, a lead of 344, but Younus (107) and Mohammad Yousuf (42) held firm.

India lead 1-0 with the final Test starting in Bangalore on Saturday.

But the hosts will bitterly disappointed not to have wrapped up the series having posted a mammoth total of 616-5 in their first innings and then reduced Pakistan to 150-5 on day three.

"We were in a good position on the third day and had there been more pace and bounce in this pitch, it'd have helped us more," said Kumble, India's captain.

The tourists will travel to Bangalore in high spirits after battling back from the jaws of defeat.

I am happy that I scored runs when the side needed them most Pakistan's Younus Khan

There were even murmurings that they may press ahead for a shock win.

Misbah-ul-Haq's magnificent 161 in the first innings set the platform, but it was the 136-run partnership between Younus and Yousuf that so frustrated Kumble's side.

Pakistan's most experienced pair came together with their side struggling on 78-4 midway through the afternoon session and saw them through to the close of play.

The morning saw India add just 43 to their overnight total of 141-2 before their second declaration of the match.

Mahendra Dhoni (37) and Sourav Ganguly (46) were the men to go, both bowled by Shoaib Akhtar, leaving Rahul Dravid unbeaten on eight when Kumble called his men in.

Ganguly brought up 6,000 Test runs but missed out on a half-century following his first innings ton in front of his home crowd at Eden Gardens.

Pakistan began their response confidently, Kamran Akmal and Yasir Hameed taking the fight to Kumble and Zaheer Khan from the outset.

Younus Kahn's 15th Test century was perfectly timed for Pakistan

But in the seventh over Hameed drove a slower ball from Khan straight back to the paceman to fall for 14.

It was a terrific catch from Khan for his first wicket of the match.

Akmal and Salman Butt eased through to lunch but the run rate was becoming desperately slow - Butt made 11 runs off 91 balls.

India knew they needed quick wickets and with the second ball after the re-start, Kumble turned one in from outside leg stump to clean bowl Akmal.

The India captain then trapped Butt leg before wicket with a ball that turned quickly from outside off stump in the 34th over.

India could have made further inroads one ball later when new batsman Misbah was dropped by Dinesh Karthik at short leg.

Kumble's disappointment receded five overs later, however, when Munaf Patel bowled Misbah with an off-cutter that nipped back sharply, sneaking between bat and pad to leave Pakistan reeling.

But that wicket brought Yousuf to the crease to join Younus and the tourists' most experienced pair were quick to steady the ship.

Stand-in captain Younus looked in good for his first innings 43 and the 30-year-old built on that by bringing up a 15th Test century with a reverse sweep through backward point.

The knock could not have come at a better time and it makes for a nail-biting third Test.

"The team needed someone to stay at the crease for a long period and I am happy that I scored runs when the side needed them most," said Younus.

Kumble was keen to praise his bowling attack, saying: "It was a pretty flat pitch and tough for bowlers.

"I think they did a fantastic job to help us dominate in this match."

India v Pakistan 1st ODI

India 242-5 (47 ovs) bt Pakistan 239-7 (50 ovs) by 5 wkts

Mahendra Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh hit half-centuries to inspire India to a five-wicket win over Pakistan in their opening one-day match in Guwahati.

They put on 105, the aggressive Dhoni hitting eight fours in his 63, while Yuvraj fired six fours and a six in 58.

Both fell near the end but India got to their 240 target with 18 balls left.

Salman Butt gave Pakistan a good start with 50 from 57 balls and Mohammad Yousuf, dropped on nine, hit eight fours in a battling unbeaten 83.

Given the talent of India's batsmen, a target of 240 initially seemed somewhat insufficient, particularly as there were no floodlights to encourage movement for the bowlers.

After Sachin Tendulkar was lbw to a Shoaib Akhtar slower ball in the third over, it quickly became evident that it would not be so straightforward.

Gambhir twice edged a noticeably portly Shoaib - who left an advertising hoarding in need of repair when colliding with it in the field - between keeper and slip to the boundary early in his innings.

But the two left-handers slowly came to terms with the slow surface, Ganguly recording the 50 with a lofted straight drive for six as Umar Gul tried a slower ball.

They were progressing serenely until Ganguly was sent back and the throw from backward square-leg saw him short of his ground by the narrowest of margins.

Four overs later Gambhir missed a straight one from Shahid Afridi that bowled him around his legs and 127 were still needed.

But Dhoni signalled his intentions by flashing at his first ball, which fizzed off the outside edge to the boundary, and the batting side were soon firmly in command again.

Butt was needlessly run out having completed a fine fifty

Yuvraj, who survived a confident lbw appeal from spinner Abdur Rehman, wafted the next ball effortlessly over mid-wicket for six to keep his team well ahead of the rate.

He was first of the pair to fifty, from 66 balls, Dhoni following suit in the next over, and the searing boundaries continued as the 100 stand came up in 129 balls.

With 22 needed from 42 balls, Yuvraj top-edged a sweep to fine-leg and the requirement was 15 from 35 when Dhoni was smartly caught behind off the persistent Shoaib.

There were a couple more moments of anxiety before Robin Uthappa thumped Shoaib down the ground for four and advanced down the pitch to slice the winning runs in style with a six over third man.

When Shoaib Malik elected to have first use of the pitch, Butt played some fluent strokes with the field up for the powerplay overs, taken in one bundle by India captain Dhoni.

Kamran Akmal was not able to score as freely and succumbed playing an ungainly stroke across the line, although replays suggested that umpire Ian Gould, resplendent in old school colonial-style panama hat, was incorrect as the ball pitched outside leg-stump.

After the drinks break, spin was introduced in the form of Harbhajan Singh and he made the breakthrough, although not with any magical delivery.

Having completed his fifty from 56 balls, Butt miscued to mid-off but set off for a perfectly realistic single, only to find Younus Khan rooted to the non-striker's end.

Butt was unable to scramble back as Yuvraj Singh whistled the ball back to Dhoni and with slow left-armer Murali Kartik in operation from the other end the scoring slowed, 16 overs passing by without a boundary.

Yousuf was reprieved when he got a leading edge playing against the spin of Kartik but Ganguly, running back towards mid-off, could not cling on to the chance.

Younus also felt the urgency to accelerate the scoring but succumbed, lofting to long-off.

It took until 35th over for the first six of the innings, a brutal heave over long-on from Afridi as Pathan dropped short, but when spin returned problems mounted for Pakistan.

Having butchered another boundary, Afridi was hopelessly deceived in the flight by Tendulkar and was almost nearer the bowler's end than the crease as Dhoni took off the bails.

Worse was to follow as Malik, wearing eye-catchingly luminous green pads, fell to an eye-catchingly bad shot, hoiking a full toss from Sachin Tendulkar straight to the fielder on the mid-wicket boundary.

Yousuf grinded out a 68-ball half-century, the 200 coming up in the 46th over, but the lack of significant support from his middle-order colleagues proved decisive.

Australia name squad for new era

Australia have announced their squad for the new era with Phil Jaques, Shaun Tait and Brad Hogg in a 13-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka.

It is Australia's first Test series since Justin Langer, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne retired after the Ashes.

Jaques opens with Matthew Hayden while spinner Hogg will vie with Stuart MacGill for Warne's place.

Brett Lee leads the pace attack as Tait and Mitchell Johnson compete for the place vacated by McGrath.

Chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch admitted the experience of picking a Test side after the retirements of three great players was daunting.

"It's the first time any of us have sat down and named a side that doesn't include the greats like Warne and McGrath," he said.

"But we're confident about the new era of Australian cricket which starts at the Gabba on Thursday (8 November)."

MacGill, 36, is likely to get the nod over Hogg, but Hilditch wants to see all 13 players train before making a final decision.

"We are replacing someone who will never be replaced in Warne," he said.

"But in Stuart MacGill we're really confident, he's a class leg-spinner with a great Test record.

"Having both in the squad gives us the opportunity to assess the conditions and then decide which selection is best."

Left-handed Jaques, 28, is set for only his third Test appearance, and first for 18 months.

MacGill, who has played 40 Tests in a career spanning nine years, said: "I'm close to taking 200 Test wickets and that will be an interesting one for me because I know I've only got two wickets to get there.

"If I get a game, then two wickets isn't enough really. I think it'll be a case of 'yep that's good, got that - now move on', and look forward to taking more and more wickets."

Australia squad: Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg, Michael Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait.

Shoaib banned after hitting Asif

Shoaib Akhtar has been banned for 13 games by the Pakistan Cricket Board over an incident in which he struck team-mate Mohammad Asif with a bat.

The seamer was sent home from the World Twenty20 in South Africa and has also been fined £28,000 after an inquiry.

The ban has been backdated to the South Africa tournament so he will only sit out four more international games.

However, he has been warned that any more misdemeanours will mean the end of his career at the highest level.

"If he is found guilty of any act of indiscipline, he faces a life ban," said PCB disciplinary committee chairman Shafqat Naghmi.

Naghmi said the 32-year-old had been found guilty of three charges relating to the Asif incident: hitting a team-mate, accusing another player, Shahid Afridi, of involvement, and holding a news conference on his return from South Africa.

The committe also found against him on two other charges of missing a training camp in August in order to play a charity match in England and publicly criticising the PCB.

I have been going through a nightmare for the last four weeks Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib previously insisted he had accidentally struck Asif, who he claimed had intervened in a row with Afridi.

Now the "Rawalpindi Express" says he accepts his punishment and is eager to play again for his country at the first available opportunity, which Naghmi said would be the tour of India in November.

"I have suffered enough, it was all in the heat of the moment and I'll make sure to be extra careful in the future," Shoaib said.

"I have already apologised to Asif, to the whole nation and the PCB, now I just want to move on and concentrate on playing cricket for Pakistan.

"I have been going through a nightmare for the last four weeks and whatever happened I just don't want to even recall it."

Last year Shoaib and Asif tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Champions Trophy and were sent home from the tournament in India.

They were subsequently cleared but Shoaib has played just one Test and four one-dayers in the last 15 months because of fitness and disciplinary problems.

The selectors must now choose whether to save Shoaib for the India tour, to begin from 1 November, or to play him in the final home one-day international against South Africa.

FOURTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, Colombo

FOURTH ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, Colombo:
England 212-5 bt Sri Lanka 211-9 by five wickets

England produced a fantastic display with both bat and ball to ease to a five-wicket win in Colombo and seal a first one-day series win in Sri Lanka.

James Anderson and Ryan Sidebottom were the heroes with the ball, taking three wickets apiece as Sri Lanka made 211-9.

Even a 126-run stand between Chamara Silva and Kumar Sangakkara (69) could not disguise a superb bowling effort.

And Kevin Pietersen (63no) and Alastair Cook (80) then dug deep with the bat to help England home with 19 balls left.

It put the tourists 3-1 up with one to play in the five-match series, sealing a second successive one-day international series win following their home defeat of India in September.

The result rarely looked in doubt after England shook off the disappointment of losing the toss to take crucial early wickets.

Anderson and Sidebottom have found good rhythm in the opening overs throughout the series, and the pair did not disappoint skipper Paul Collingwood again in Colombo.

Sidebottom (3-27) led the way and he had conceded just one run off the bat when he had Upul Tharanga caught at slip by Owais Shah in just his second over.

But, despite being flicked for four off his very first delivery, it was Anderson (3-33) that snared the key wickets of Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene.

Jayasuriya fell looping a slower ball straight to Kevin Pietersen at mid-off, before Jayawardene lashed an attempted cut high to third man, where Stuart Broad took a good catch on the run.

They were Anderson's first wickets of the series and when he and Sidebottom had completed 13 overs between them, Sri Lanka were limping along at 25-3.

The replacement bowlers fared almost as well in the early stages, Broad, Collingwood and Graeme Swann restricting Sri Lanka's scoring with persistent line, length and some turn.

Sangakkara dug in to make his first real contribution of the series

But, despite being another slow wicket, pre-match suspicions that the pitch would yield runs to the better batsmen rang true as Sangakkara and Silva settled.

The pair dug in impressively, nudging and nurdling for ones and twos and only occasionally opening their shoulders for a boundary shot, as the hosts slowly edged towards 200.

The stand was not without scares, with Sangakkara lofting a leading edge safe off Swann.

And Ravi Bopara, in his first bowl of the series, was frustrated three times in his efforts to remove Silva - once when Phil Mustard shelled a thin edge standing up to the stumps and then when two confident lbw appeals were turned down by Rudi Koertzen.

However, just as the duo began to cut loose, Silva top-edged a wide bouncing delivery from Broad down to third man to leave the hosts 146-4 with 10 overs remaining.

The new Nottinghamshire man struck again 12 balls later when Sangakkara pulled straight to Bopara to end his 102-ball stand and Collingwood brought himself back on to remove Kaushal Lokuarachchi plumb lbw for nine.

Dilshan and Mubarak racked up a stand of 23 off three overs, before the former was bowled by Anderson, and Sidebottom wrapped up the tail to keep England's noses in front.

Chasing under lights has proved troublesome throughout this series, but a typical top-order burst from Phil Mustard suggested the pitch was better than the Sri Lankan batsmen had made it look.

The Durham keeper once again failed to capitalise on a good start, driving four boundaries before dollying a return catch to Lasith Malinga, but Cook and Ian Bell rotated the strike nicely to keep the scoreboard ticking over.

Cook top-scored with 80 to see England to an historic series victory

Bell was left cursing his choice of shot in the 20th over when he lobbed Lokuarachchi to mid-on, but after that England cruised.

Pietersen, averaging just nine on this tour before his innings, looked determined to make a score and he and Cook refused to take chances on a slow pitch.

It made for turgid viewing at times, and a short rain delay slowed the outfield even more to ensure it barely got better in the latter stages.

However, there was no denying England's application and Cook and Pietersen did what had to be done in taking the tourists to within 50 runs of victory with 11 overs remaining.

Cook had already brought up his half century by that stage - off 76 balls - and Pietersen greeted the 40th over with a welcome display of aggression, smashing the first six of the match down the ground to bring up his own 50.

He eventually registered four more boundaries with typically wristy shots in a stand of 110 with Cook, and ended unbeaten on 63 for a welcome return to form.

Even after the Essex man played on off Dilhara Fernando and was followed immediately back in the hutch by Collingwood lbw first ball, the tourists looked untroubled.

There was still time for Owais Shah to be bowled by Malinga, but Pietersen and Ravi Bopara saw England to 212-5 to secure the historic victory and send the visiting dressing room into raptures.

Australia win despite Yuvraj ton

THIRD ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, HYDERABAD:
Australia 290-7 (50 overs) bt India 243 (47.4 overs) by 47 runs

A magnificent 121 from Yuvraj Singh could not prevent Australia taking a 2-0 lead in the series with a 47-run victory over India in Hyderabad.

After three wickets fell in the first five overs, Yuvraj smashed 12 fours and three sixes before he was eighth out.

India were eventually dismissed for 242 in the 48th over in reply to a score of 290-7 by the tourists.

Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke shared 123 in 16 overs, Symonds hitting five sixes in a superb 89 off 67 balls.

Following the no result in the opening match and Australia's crushing win in the second, India recalled Rohit Sharma for Ramesh Powar and the tourists welcomed back skipper Ricky Ponting, with Brad Haddin left out.

Matthew Hayden struck successive boundaries in Zaheer Khan's opening over and hit two more in an over from Sree Santh as 61 came from the first 10 overs.

But the scoring slowed after Adam Gilchrist (29) was deceived by a slower ball from Irfan Pathan and was through his swipe across the line by the time the ball reached him and uprooted the middle stump.

Hayden departed for 60 when he toe-ended a catch through to the keeper when he tried to heave one through point and lost his balance, and the Indian spinners then imposed a stranglehold on the scoring rate.

Sachin Tendulkar was introduced and dropped short to allow Ponting to pull the first boundary for 10 overs but the captain was soon on his way back to the pavilion for 25 when he tried to hit over the top and was well caught by Santh on the run.

Ponting made way for Symonds, who proceeded to wrestle back the initiative, pulling Pathan into the crowd in the 39th over - a shot that struck a lady spectator in the packed gallery - and brought up the century stand with Clarke with successive maximums.

Even respectable length deliveries did not escape punishment as Symonds flayed a near yorker from Pathan low over long-off for six more in the penultimate over.

There was still time for some final-over shenanigans from Santh, who totally bamboozled Brad Hodge with a slower ball, only to spill the top edge and concede an overthrow.

But another slower ball leg-break accounted for Symonds, who had survived a difficult return catch to Harbhajan when on 46, although the burly all-rounder's contribution left India with much to do.

That task was intensified by a dreadful start, which began when Gautam Gambhir was trapped leg-before by some Brett Lee swing in the third over.

Six balls later Robin Uthappa was also plumb lbw and Rahul Dravid was then caught millimetres from the turf at slip off Lee, Hayden holding the catch despite the distraction of Gilchrist diving in front of him.

Given that start, Tendulkar and Yuvraj had to keep risks to a minimum and ensure they remained at the crease.

Tendulkar brought up the 50 from the final ball of the 15th over with a deft pre-meditated sweep off the metronomic James Hopes but Yuvraj was unusually becalmed early on, clearly hampered by an illness.

But the stylish left-hander soon found his touch and reached fifty from 61 balls by pulling a chinaman from Brad Hogg into the stands at mid-wicket for the first six of the innings.

Hogg dismissed Tendulkar for 43 shortly afterwards, however, when the maestro backed away and was bowled by one that skidded on.

Lee returned to silence the crowd as Mahendra Dhoni, after four fours in his 33, edged off the back foot, leaving 118 to score from the final 84 balls.

Yuvraj lost two more partners and the equation became 103 from the final 10 overs with only three wickets intact.

But Yuvraj reached his eighth one-day century from 104 balls and quickly brought up the 200 with a front front sweep into the second tier at mid-wicket off paceman Mitchell Johnson.

He backed away to drive 10 from the opening two balls of a Stuart Clark over before finally losing his middle stump to Johnson 72 runs short of victory.

Man-of-the-match Andrew Symonds:
"I was pretty lucky I had a platform and time to get in. It was a bit low and hard to get underneath the ball but we knew 290-300 would be a competitive score."

India skipper Mahendra Dhoni: "Every match is tough against Australia. We'll try to do the thing you need to do to win."

Indian selectors dropped off-spinner Ramesh Powar and recalled left-arm spinner Murali Kartik on Friday for the fourth and fifth matches of the series.

Australia destroy India in Kochi

SECOND ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, KOCHI:
Australia 306-5 beat India 222 by 84 runs

Australia handed India a crushing 84-run defeat to earn a 1-0 lead in the seven-match one-day series.

Asked to bat first in Kochi, they amassed a mighty 306-6 and then needed 47.3 overs to bowl out the hosts.

Andrew Symonds hit 87 off 83 balls, but the most impressive innings came from unsung reserve 'keeper Brad Haddin.

Pressed into service after injuries to key batsmen, he hit 87 not out off 69 balls. India lost too many early wickets, Australia catching everything.

India began their chase with plenty of big shots, Robin Uthappa free-wheeling at the top of the order to make 41 off 30 balls with one outrageous six back over Brett Lee's head.

But a brilliant Mitchell Johnson delivery sent back Gautam Gambhir cheaply, before Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh played lazy shots, chipping catches to fielders in the inner ring.

When Uthappa stepped across his stumps to be lbw to the immaculate Stuart Clark, the score was 87-4.

Suddenly India had to play risk-free cricket, and the required run rate started going up.

Rahul Dravid (31) looked to push on, but hit a catch off Brad Hogg which Johnson took over his head at deep mid-wicket, standing no more than a few inches off the rope.

Many fans packed into the Nehru Stadium took that as their cue to head for the exits, though 25 overs remained.

They had the right idea, the remainder of the match descending into the sort of sterile contest that has given 50-over cricket a bad name.

Hogg continued to twirl away to earn figures of 3-40, while Clark and Michael Clarke each took two wickets.

Mahendra Dhoni was last man out for 58 in an innings which soaked up 88 deliveries.

Things had started so well for India, reducing Australia to 8-2 in the fourth over when Brad Hodge chased a wide outswinger from Sree Santh.

But Matthew Hayden hit a typically boisterous 75 to lay the platform for Symonds and Haddin.

We didn't bowl well in the last 20 overs and our batsmen failed to apply themselves Mahendra Dhoni

The batsmen were not concerned about pacing their innings, trusting their own batting skills to seize on anything loose.

And with the boundary markers brought in following rain in the run-up to the match, Symonds and Haddin shared five sixes - all beautifully struck.

Harbhajan Singh was one of two replacements for the hosts as he came in for the seamer RP Singh - the other being Uthappa for the injured Sourav Ganguly.

But the 21 overs of India slow bowling went wicketless, and were hit for 131.

In truth, India only matched Australia in the verbal exchanges and general posturing, which further marred a forgettable game of cricket.

Afterwards, India skipper Dhoni highlighted his team's failings: "We got a good start with the ball but didn't bowl well in the last 20 overs.

"That's the only concern for us. We lost a few wickets in the middle and that made the difference. Our batsmen failed to apply themselves."

Gilchrist's retirement from one-day cricket may come sooner rather than later following Haddin's recent success, and he said of his stand-in: "It is very satisfying to see new players come in and perform.

"With injuries come opportunities and Brad showed that today."

Though Haddin only played because of injuries to Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey, he looks likely to play in the remaining five matches of the series.

FIRST ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL, DAMBULLA: Sri Lanka 269-7 (50 overs) bt England 150 (34.5 overs) by 119 runs

England slumped to a 119-run defeat by Sri Lanka in Dambulla to go 1-0 down in their five-match one-day series.

Mahela Jayawardene hit 66, Sanath Jayasuriya 41 and Upul Tharanga 40 in the home side's 269-7 on a slow pitch.

Debutant Phil Mustard made a brisk 27 in reply but he and Kevin Pietersen fell to Farveez Maharoof (4-31) as England went from 43-0 to 102-6.

Alastair Cook (46) battled for 80 balls but after he edged Maharoof behind, they folded for 150 in the 35th over.

It was England's heaviest defeat, in terms of runs, by Sri Lanka in one-day matches and took their dismal record on the island to eight defeats in nine ODIs.

They will need to improve considerably for the next two games in Dambulla.

The venue last staged a match more than two years ago and its recently relaid surface caused plenty of problems with its lack of pace and variable bounce.

Sri Lanka's openers never really came to terms with it even though Jayasuriya heaved James Anderson over wide long-on for six and to the backward square-leg boundary in an over costing 16.

He and Tharanga were caught in the deep, and Kumar Sangakkara (38) was stumped to provide a maiden international wicket for Graeme Swann, who found prodigious turn in his first appearance for England since January 2000.

Jayawardene knew patience and playing the ball late was the key in such conditions and showed his class by cutting skipper Paul Collingwood and sweeping Swann for early boundaries as he reached 50 off 61 balls.

When Chamara Silva cracked Ryan Sidebottom over the wide long-on rope and Jayawardene carved Swann over extra-cover, England were facing an even bigger total.

But the duo were among three wickets to fall for 15 runs to give the visitors hope of limiting the damage.

Jayawardene was pouched on the cover-point boundary, Silva (33) holed out to deep square-leg and Jehan Mubarak was expertly snapped up by Anderson at fine-leg to give Stuart Broad a deserved second wicket in his first spell since being smacked for six sixes by India's Yuvraj Singh at the World Twenty20.

Maharoof ensured his team finished with a flourish by clubbing three boundaries off the young seamer in his cameo of 22 off 12 balls to leave England in need of a flying start.

Mustard recovered from almost being caught first ball at slip off Chaminda Vaas to strike several lusty blows, none better than the swipe off the veteran left-armer over long-off for six.

With Cook timing the ball beautifully to drive Lasith Malinga and Dilhara Fernando elegantly through the covers, things were looking up.

But it all went horribly wrong once Mustard miscued Maharoof to a diving Malinga at wide mid-off and Ian Bell followed one that moved away a touch to edge behind.

Pietersen got an inside edge driving loosely and, although Collingwood ended a period of six overs without a four by driving Fernando down the ground, he soon guided a slower ball from the paceman to slip.

Owais Shah chipped Malinga to Mubarak at short extra-cover and when Cook failed in his attempt to guide Maharoof down to third man the game was all but up.

Swann (24) shared 42 in 39 balls with Ravi Bopara (27no) to delay the inevitable and once he was caught reverse-sweeping Tillakaratne Dilshan the end was not long in coming.